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[Eleanor Brown Climbing into Plane #4]

Photograph of Eleanor Brown wearing a flight suit and parachute pack while climbing into an airplane.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eleanor McLernon Brown]

Photograph of WASP Eleanor Brown seen from the chest up in uniform with WASP pins and wings attached. Two handwritten notes can be seen on the back of the photo. The first, in pencil, reads, "Eleanor McLernon (Brown) 1944". The second, in pen ink, reads, "Return to: Eleanor McLernon Brown 2201 N. DeLeon, Vicotria, Tx 77901 Wimsa Reg. 137050".
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Press Release: Address by General H.H. Arnold, and Statement from Jacqueline Cochran] (open access)

[Press Release: Address by General H.H. Arnold, and Statement from Jacqueline Cochran]

War Department press release quoting the speech General Arnold gave to the final graduating class of Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II and a statement made by Jacqueline Cochran on the WASP's accomplishments. The pages are torn away at the edges in several places, most noticeably in the bottom left corner of the first page.
Date: December 7, 1944
Creator: Arnold, Henry Harley
Object Type: Script
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eleanor Brown with Plane]

Photograph of Eleanor Brown in a flight suit and cap, carrying a parachute harness over her shoulder and leaning against a plane. A handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "Micky McLernon Brown 2201 N. Deleon Victoria, Tx". "1944" is written in pencil on the top back of the photo.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: WASP Militarization Favored by Stimson] (open access)

[Clipping photocopy: WASP Militarization Favored by Stimson]

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping of articles from the New York Times about the U.S.'s involvement in World War II, including an article about an initiative to give WASP members full military benefits. Among the articles are several small advertisements, some with illustrations. At the top of the photocopy is handwritten text identifying the newspaper and its publishing date.
Date: May 5, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eleanor Brown with Plane #2]

Photograph of Eleanor Brown in a flight suit and cap, carrying a parachute harness over her shoulder and leaning against a plane.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Eleanor Brown in Uniform]

Photograph pasted to thick paper board of WASP Eleanor brown in uniform and posed looking off camera. WASP and air force pins can be seen on her breast and lapels. A note in pen written on the back of the paper board reads, "Mickey, Eleanor McLernon (Brown) 1944".
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Group in Uniform]

Photograph of eleven WASP in uniform posed in in two rows on a set of stone steps outside a building. Several notes are written on the back of the photo, including a list naming the group members. First note reads in faded pencil at the top, "Eleanor M. Brown 2201 N. DeLeon", followed by a typed address label for Robert S. Brown. The second note reads, "Back Row L-R, Ann Baron, Elizabeth Stavrum, Elizabeth (Betty) Pettit, Eleanor M. McLernon, Margaret Shaffer, Marry Ann Walker". The note beside that reads, "Front Row-L-R, Muriel Rath, Leona Golbiner, Donna Spellick, Mary Ahlstrom, Kate Lee Harris". The final note in pencil at the bottom reads, "Napier Field, Ala.".
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Brown in Flight Suit]

Photograph of Eleanor Brown dressed in a flight and carrying several items, including what appears to be a map. She is seen standing in a dirt road outside of a building. A handwritten note on the back of the photo reads, "Eleanor McLernon (Brown) 1944".
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: S.A. Girl Gets WASP Wings] (open access)

[Clipping: S.A. Girl Gets WASP Wings]

Newspaper clipping of an article about Eleanor Michel McLernon's graduation from the WASP flight school and Esther L. Stahr beginning her training for WASP flight school. The article includes close-up photographs of both women. There is part of a large advertisement on the back of the clipping.
Date: November 12, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Women Saved from Official Fate] (open access)

[Clipping: Women Saved from Official Fate]

Newspaper clipping of a brief article about how General Henry H. Arnold announced that the men were needed elsewhere and he needed more WASP.Congress discusses dissolving their division. On the back of the clipping, there are advertisements for Don Q rum, Durham-Enders razor kits, and a Carlton hotel.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping photocopy: Would Halt Rise of Women Pilots] (open access)

[Clipping photocopy: Would Halt Rise of Women Pilots]

Photocopy of a newspaper clipping that includes an article about a report from the Civil Service Investigating Committee, advising the cutting of the WASP program. The grounds for this advice is to make way for excess male pilots in the Air Force. Other articles surround the article about cutting the WASP program, including some about politics and war. At the top of the photocopy, the page number of the article is handwritten.
Date: June 6, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Howard Stevens to Mickey McLernon, April 1, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Howard Stevens to Mickey McLernon, April 1, 1944]

Letter from Howard Stevens to Mickey McLernon expressing concern that they will no longer see each other and telling her that he will behave well.
Date: April 1, 1944
Creator: Stevens, Howard E.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Address by Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General to WASP Graduate Class, December 7, 1944 #4] (open access)

[Address by Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Commanding General to WASP Graduate Class, December 7, 1944 #4]

Address given by General Henry H. Arnold, commanding general of the Army Air Forces, to the last graduating class of Women Airforce Service Pilots on December 7, 1944.
Date: 1944
Creator: Arnold, Henry Harley
Object Type: Script
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, March 23, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Lt. Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon, March 23, 1944]

Letter from Lieutenant Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon discussing the uniforms the WASP will be receiving, aviation, women, thanksgiving, friends, family, college experiences, holidays, surgeries, and diet.
Date: March 23, 1944
Creator: Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Standing Next to a Plane #1]

Photograph of a woman with a parachute standing next to an airplane marked "U245." Another airplane is visible in the background.
Date: [1944-04..1944-12]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Four WASP Trainees #2]

Photograph of four WASP trainees seated in the back of a truck and looking at something in the distance. Written on the back of the photograph: "McCarty, McLernon, McGrath, Lytch 44-9."
Date: [1944-04..1944-12]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Pay Stub for Eleanor M. McLernon #4] (open access)

[Pay Stub for Eleanor M. McLernon #4]

Women Airforce Service Pilots pay stub for Eleanor McLernon from the Department of Training.
Date: April 30, 1944
Creator: War Department (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Eleanor McLernon Medical Certificate] (open access)

[Eleanor McLernon Medical Certificate]

Medical certificate from the Civil Aeronautics Administration certifying that Eleanor McLernon meets the examination requirements for second class.
Date: November 28, 1944
Creator: Hairsten, Douglas C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Pay Stub for Eleanor M. McLernon #2] (open access)

[Pay Stub for Eleanor M. McLernon #2]

Women Airforce Service Pilots pay stub for Eleanor McLernon from the Department of Training.
Date: November 15, 1944
Creator: War Department (U.S.)
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Graduation Announcement for WASP Class 44-W-9] (open access)

[Graduation Announcement for WASP Class 44-W-9]

Graduation announcement for WASP Class 44-W-9. The front cover includes a winged-diamond logo in the top-left quadrant and an embossed emblem of the Fifinella mascot in the lower-right quadrant. The text on the inside reads, "The 253rd Army Air Forces Base Unit announces the Graduation of Class 44-W-9 Monday, November 6, 1944, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas."
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[WASP Trainee in a PT-17 #1]

Photograph of a woman seated in a PT-17 biplane marked "U54." The back of the photograph includes a handwritten note that says, "Me & ship - solo."
Date: [1944-04..1944-12]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Cpt. Edwards Drew to Mickey McLernon, April 14, 1944] (open access)

[Letter from Cpt. Edwards Drew to Mickey McLernon, April 14, 1944]

Letter from Captain Edward Drew to Mickey McLernon responding to her previous letter.
Date: April 14, 1944
Creator: Drew, Edward Allen
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Award for Civilian Service (open access)

Award for Civilian Service

Cloth Army Air Forces Emblem seen attached to the bottom left corner of a certificate awarding the emblem to Eleanor McLernon for civilian service.
Date: December 20, 1944
Creator: Army Air Forces Pilot School
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History